Psalms 101:5 - Exposition

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I out off. (On the heinousness of slander, see Psalms 15:3 ; Psalms 31:13 ; Psalms 50:20 , etc.) It is probably not meant that the slanderer will be put to death, but only that he will be banished, at any rate from the court, and, so far as possible, put down. Him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. "Lofty looks" and a "proud heart" are again conjoined in Proverbs 21:4 , Solomon showing that he paid attention to his father's lessons. David himself disclaims both in Psalms 131:1 .